Courtesy of JCSU Athletics
CHARLOTTE – After conducting a nationwide search, Johnson C Smith College Director of Athletics Dr. Denisha Hendricks has named Da’Nesha Miller the brand new ladies’s volleyball head coach on the Charlotte HBCU. Miller brings a wealth of expertise, dedication, and enthusiasm to her new position as a CIAA head coach, underpinned by a strong six-year background in teaching and a historical past of constructing athletes with character and ability.
In her most up-to-date place as an assistant coach at Fayetteville State College (FSU), Coach Miller performed a pivotal position within the staff’s every day operations. She was instrumental in recruiting, planning, and executing practices, analyzing video and scouting opponents, coordinating staff journey and game-day operations, and making certain adherence to NCAA Division II and CIAA compliance guidelines. Miller additionally had main duty for the staff’s educational help companies. Underneath her steering, the Fayetteville, NC HBCU was the 2022 Southern Division Champion, and she or he mentored a number of gamers who earned CIAA post-season accolades.
In 2020, Miller joined her alma mater, Hilton Head Island Excessive Faculty, as an assistant coach. Her faculty volleyball was on pause as a result of COVID-19. That yr, the staff received the AAAA State Championship, with 4 gamers incomes NFHS post-season accolades. This was solely the second state championship within the faculty’s historical past – Miller performed on the staff that received the primary! Miller’s position as head coach of Carolina Benefit Volleyball Membership’s 17s Group in 2022 additional showcased her teaching prowess. She led the staff to notable finishes, together with first place in Silver on the Charlotte AAU match and first place in Gold on the SC Grand Prix. Underneath her management, the staff earned the excellence of qualifying for AAU Nationals.
Coach Miller’s teaching journey started whereas she was nonetheless in faculty. In 2018 and 2019, Miller was the top coach of Shockwave Volleyball Membership’s 15s and 17s groups, the place she developed and carried out complete coaching packages, led practices, and fostered a optimistic staff environment. Her efforts bore fruit because the groups achieved spectacular finishes, together with second place in Gold on the Carilion New 12 months’s Traditional and Mizuno Capitol Hill tournaments.
A standout HBCU student-athlete herself, Miller’s accolades embrace being a nominee for NCAA Girl of the 12 months, captain of the 2019 and 2021 CIAA Volleyball Championship groups, and member of the 2019 CIAA Observe and Discipline Championship staff. She made the CIAA Volleyball All-Convention First Group annually she performed and was the 2019 & 2021 CIAA Volleyball Event MVP and 2021 Fayetteville State College Pupil-Athlete of the 12 months. In 2019 and 2021, Miller completed within the high eight nationally for Division II Triple-Doubles (kills, assists, blocks/digs).
Miller holds a Bachelor of Science in Organismal Biology and is finishing her Grasp of Enterprise Administration with a deal with Healthcare Administration. Along with her in depth expertise, ardour for the game, and dedication to student-athlete improvement, Coach Da’Nesha Miller is about to make a big impression at Johnson C Smith College. The Golden Bulls group eagerly anticipates the expansion and success of the volleyball program underneath her management.
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